SKF - Filling the Missing Links in Your Power Transmission Supply Chain(Pic)

SKF South Africa, renowned for quality bearings and services, recently added a new line of products, critical to equipment operation, to their portfolio - SKF Power Transmission.



SKF is the hallmark for excellent quality bearings world wide and while maintaining this stamp of excellence, with new dimensions in technical advances, product support and services SKF have evolved into a solutions-orientated supplier, creating additional value for customers.

"Customer demands are changing globally and there is an increased need to fulfill their expectations. Customers are demanding better solutions and service as well as access to a wider range of products from a single supply source in order to reduce transaction costs and increase efficiency", states SKF's General Manager, Gavin Garland. "For this reason SKF have spent a number of years analysing the range of products available from different manufacturers' assortment of products and have come up with the widest range exceptional quality available globally under one highly respected brand name," Garland continues.

The SKF product range consists of an assortment of the most common types of Power Transmission products in the following categories: Belts, Chains, Couplings, Bushings and hubs, Sprockets and Pulleys.

Each of these categories includes an assortment of products that allow customers the choice of a number of different options, depending on the application or possible budgetary restrictions. Some products are put into separate groupings, which have different dimensions, different fixing methods and are manufactured form different materials. Certain products also have special characteristics such as chain attachments or banded belts that are used for specific types of applications.

"All SKF Power Transmission products are manufactured in accordance with the highest quality standards, utilising all relevant manufacturing processes techniques( SPC - Statistical Process Control), with ultimate goal of guaranteeing complete customer satisfaction. In addition, complete traceability is ensured through an experienced marking and labelling system and a quality focused organisation behind each process," Garland explains. "A plus point to all SKF power transmission products is that they are fully interchangeable with other common brand products available in the market place," concludes Garland.

SKF's new power transmission products are delivered with the same speed and accuracy that is the hallmark of SKF's leading industry logistics; - customers get what they need, when they need it. With the addition of the Power Transmission products SKF has become the only bearing manufacturer to offer Customers a complete package under one brand name.

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